as in tricorn
a hard covering that is worn to protect your head
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Recent Examples of helmet
Night-vision goggles and ballistic helmets recovered from the scene.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 20 June 2025
Employees at Golden River Sports hand out life jackets and helmets to all customers who rent their tubes.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
Other parts of the package include tax exemptions on such things as sunscreen, insect repellant, tickets to NASCAR championship races, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, life jackets, bicycle helmets and admission to state parks.
—Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
Lorena Carver wore a red swimsuit, a helmet, and rode the horse off the platform straight down into the tank of water.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 20 June 2025
Employees at Golden River Sports hand out life jackets and helmets to all customers who rent their tubes.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
Other parts of the package include tax exemptions on such things as sunscreen, insect repellant, tickets to NASCAR championship races, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, life jackets, bicycle helmets and admission to state parks.
—Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
Lorena Carver wore a red swimsuit, a helmet, and rode the horse off the platform straight down into the tank of water.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helmet
Noun
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Under the hood is a familiar 375-hp, 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 and eight-speed automatic.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 June 2025
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But under the hood, what the model actually does is generate a probability distribution over all possibilities for the next token.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
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Like the self-portrait, Ezekiel’s sculpture portrays Titian with his head cocked toward his right shoulder, a lapel tucked underneath his coat, chains hanging around his neck, and his long beard and skullcap.—
Samantha Baskind,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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Here, visitors can see blue skullcaps, Fendler’s meadow-rues, saniculas, Johnny jump-ups, bush lupines, monkey flowers, globe lilies, California poppies, bird’s eyes, and wallflowers.—
Deb Hopewell,
AFAR Media,
24 Mar. 2025
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In 2018, protestors began showing up at real-world events in those handmaid-red cloaks and white bonnets, putting the show in an unexpected spotlight.—
Randee Dawn,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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Not just that, but your bonnet could also be causing your breakage and hair loss, which is why Muth founded her bonnet brand, Lina Lennox.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Andy Warhol painted a watercolor of a cat in a turban.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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In the new production of Sunset, everyone is dressed in black and white, including Scherzinger, who wears a black slip dress instead of Norma’s trademark turban.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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There are berets, too, a nod to the military elements in the collection.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
20 June 2025
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Gone are the lopsided berets, garish prints, and impossible volumes.—
Blanca de Almandoz,
Glamour,
19 June 2025
Noun
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These flightless birds are striking in appearance – bright blue skin, a helmet-like casque on their heads, and dagger-like claws on each foot.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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But then, Keller made his own discovery: Someone else claimed to have found the New Orleans casque.—
Chelsea Brasted,
NOLA.com,
9 Apr. 2018
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Each wore parkas lined with fur around the hoods and trapper hats during the skit.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Cody Zeller walked across the stage and donned the organization’s hat in 2013, coming off the board after Anthony Bennett, Victor Oladipo and Otto Porter Jr. were selected.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2025
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Many of the protesters had covered their faces and wore long sleeves; one wore a sombrero.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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Martinis are in order, as well as garish floral print shirts and oversized sombreros.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Helmet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helmet. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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